WEST PATENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in BEDFORD HILLS, New York, WEST PATENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a compact elementary-level community, operated by BEDFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 250 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 44% smaller than typical.

WEST PATENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 7 schools operated by BEDFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that hosts 3,519 students overall.

In terms of who attends, WEST PATENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 32% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, WEST PATENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Westchester County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, WEST PATENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.6%; this one delivers 76.8%.

Across the wider county, Westchester County reports that median household income runs about $118,976, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Westchester County's 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), WEST PATENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

BEDFORD HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WEST PATENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 71.2%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. WEST PATENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 23% since 2018, when it stood at 325 (now 250). Over the same period, the White share declined from 57% to 52%.

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